Michelle Bachmann was interviewed on RFCradio’s “On The Edge” w/ThayroneX today. Her comments included some scary details about what the US Census will look like as administered by the Obama administration and ACORN. After you read this be sure to sign Michele Bachmann’s petition!
Here are some of the questions asked, according to an official explanation document of the 2010 census provided by 2010.census.gov. As you read these, try to envision how the left would act if Bush/Cheney asked for this personal information. The text following the questions is quoted directly from the document as justification for each question.
- page 26 / question 17: Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, does this person have serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions?
- page 26 / question 18: Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, does this person have difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping?
- Information on disability is used by a number of federal agencies to distribute funds and develop programs for people with disabilities.
- page 30 / question12: IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, did anyone in this household receive Food Stamps or a Food Stamp benefit card?
- page 35 / question 32: What time did this person usually leave home to go to work LAST WEEK?
- page 35 / question 33: How many minutes did it usually take this person to get from home to work LAST WEEK?
- Financial institutions use data about commuting patterns and occupation, to define market areas for describing lending practices and the effects of bank mergers.
- Data are used to identify patterns of discrimination in hiring among minorities and other population groups within labor markets.
- page 38 / question 9: How many automobiles, vans, and trucks of one-ton capacity or less are kept at home for use by members of this household?
- The U.S. Department of Energy uses the information to estimate and forecast energy consumption of motor vehicles and for planning and establishing program activities as part of the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Program.
- page 43 / question 7a: How many separate rooms are in this house, apartment, or mobile home?
- Data about the number of occupants per room is used to measure the extent of overcrowding among our nation’s households.
- page 43 / question 7b: How many of these rooms are bedrooms?
- page 47 / question 10: Which FUEL is used MOST for heating this house, apartment, or mobile home?
- page 55 / question 19b: How much is the regular monthly mortgage payment on THIS property?
- page 55 / question 20a: Do you or any member of this household have a second mortgage or a home equity loan on THIS property?
- page 56a: Please print the name and telephone number of the person who is filling out this form.
- page 58 / question 15: Is this person CURRENTLY covered by any of the following types of health insurance or health coverage plans?
- Planning and implementing many federal health programs requires accurate state and local information on health insurance status. Obtaining data on the uninsured rate among Americans is of great importance to policy makers at federal, state, and local levels.
- page 60 / question 21: How many times has this person been married?
- “This information is critical for more refined analyses of eligibility for program services and benefits”
- “Marriage and divorce data will be used at the national, state, and sub-state level to plan for and assess state and community activities designed to influence marital and divorce behavior.”
Do you trust the explanations for these questions? Why does the government need this information? A census is for counting people. But the Obama administration wants to use census data to redraw districts in an effort to ensure the continued welfare mindset and support of Democratic programs for as long as possible.
ACORN has already proven to be a criminal organization, yet it still the apple in Obama’s eye. We need to prevent this purely partisan group of Obama supporters from administering the census. How? Sign Michele Bachmann’s petition!
Let me get this straight. People that enter our country illegally are complaining about not being represented in the upcoming national census. Some Latino leaders want illegal immigrants to boycott the national survey, claiming that being counted — but not represented — isn’t fair.
ARE YOU FRIGGIN’ KIDDING ME?
You are not supposed to be here in the first place. Your mere existince in America makes you a criminal. If entering America to get a better life is not a crime, then I want a refund for the speeding tickets I’ve paid. After all, I was just rushing to work to get a better life.
“It doesn’t make any sense, in some way it is immoral that we are counting 12 million undocumented immigrants who have no benefit at all financially speaking,” said Rev. Miguel Rivera, president of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy & Christian Leaders.
Rivera, whose conservative group of evangelicals is behind the boycott, admitted that telling undocumented immigrants not to participate in the Census is a radical step. But he said it is the only way to make a political point to push immigration reform.
“We are getting nothing at all. … Why not fix this issue, have legalization for every undocumented immigrant, no more undocumented people in this country, and everybody can be counted and everybody will have a fair share,” he said.
This stuff drives me insane. It is “immoral” to ignore not-citizens in a statistical counting of our citizens, but it is not immoral to illegally enter a country? And how dare you claim that you are “getting nothing at all” when in fact you are getting employment, education and health care for free! In fact, the “fair share” that illegal immigrants are consuming every day in America is part of the reason local economies are in the toilet.
The audacity of these statements is a testament to the surreal view of life illegal immigrants and their supporters have.
